Ozzy Osbourne has officially apologized to Britney Spears (Picture: Getty Images)
Ozzy Osbourne has issued an apology to Britney Spears after publicly taking aim at her dancing.
Ever since her conservatorship ended, the Toxic singer has been posting endless videos in which she is dancing away and living her best life.
While fans have been hyping up the often steamy displays, including one where the 42-year-old pop icon wielded knives, the Black Sabbath frontman previously slammed her moves on a podcast, explaining that he was 'fed up' by the clips.
The 75-year-old also criticized her for posting 'every f**king day', leading her to hit back, telling him to 'kindly f**k off!' earlier this month.
On the latest episode of the Osbournes' family podcast – which he shares with wife Sharon Osbourne and their children, Jack and Kelly Osbourne – talk quickly turned to the heated exchange.
'Can we apologize to Britney Spears?' Kelly begged, as her dad insisted: 'Britney, I really owe you an apology.
Ozzy Osbourne has been slammed for his comments over Britney Spears (Picture: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
'I'm so sorry for making that comment.'
Things quickly took a turn when he continued: 'However, it would be better if you didn't do the same f**king dance every day. Change a few movements.'
Jack burst out laughing at the tangent, as Kelly swooped in: 'Alright, I was going to say, Britney, never stop dancing. I love your dancing. It makes you happy, and I'm so sorry if any of us offended you.'
'Listen, I like Britney a lot,' Sharon interjected, as Ozzy agreed: 'I love Britney Spears but it's the same dance every day.'
'No, sometimes she has knives,' Kelly quipped, before the rock legend added: 'I really do apologize. I love you, and I think you're beautiful.'
Over to you, Brit…
She does have a penchant for posting videos of her outfits or short clips of impromptu dances to songs, having been given autonomy back over her life after 13 years.
The drama kicked off during a recent episode of the podcast – his family didn't discuss the conservatorship from which Britney was freed in the past two years but instead called it all 'sad'.
Britney's dancing videos have left the singer 'fed up' (Picture: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
Ozzy slammed the 'poor old' Piece Of Me hitmaker for posting 'every f**king day,' which drew the attention of her fierce supporters.
'I feel sorry for her,' Kelly said, to which her dad replied: 'You know it's sad, very, very sad.'
Sharon called the whole thing 'heartbreaking', although it was unclear if they were referencing Britney's mental health struggles or her dancing videos at this point.
The conversation came out hours after Britney had shared a video in which she danced to Madonna's I'm Addicted in a tiny sparkling red and gold bikini.
In response to Ozzy's original comment fans told the singer to simply 'stop watching' if Britney's dancing bothered him that much, pointing out that Britney was just living her life in freedom.
The family agreed they all felt 'sorry' for Britney (Picture: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
Some even went so far as to call him a 'hypocrite' for slamming someone's harmless behaviour, given his notorious rock and roll past.
'Very hypocritical of him to talk about her in any way,' said Kiddoinred on X as Katie Rodgers cuttingly replied: 'He talks too much for a one hit wonder.'
A clip from The Osbournes was shared by user luckybutnoluck, in which Ozzy dreams he finds a young Britney on his bed and goes off in search of 'viagra'.
'Oh but it was okay to act s3xy when she was half your age wasn't it, you creep [sic.],' they brutally captioned the tweet.
Sharon Osbourne agreed that it was 'heartbreaking' seeing her(Picture: Larry Busacca/WireImage)
'They could also just not watch. Problem solved,' vented user youwannakomova — a sentiment which was shared by plenty of other fans.
'Let her f**king dance!' said Courtney Enlow while Brad Cunningham added: 'Hey @OzzyOsbourne it's a simple way to fix that, DONT WATCH, she's doing what she wants to do, she's not here to post what you want.'
Britney later hit back at his remarks – and defended Kate Beckinsale in the same breath – writing that the Osbournes are 'the most boring family known to mankind' and telling them to 'kindly f*** off!!!' in a long message.
Britney loves posting outfit try-on videos and little dance routines (Picture: Britney Spears/Instagram) Fans are fiercely protective of the star (Picture: Britney Spears/Instagram)
She posted the rant to her 42.2million Instagram followers that began: 'Have you guys seen the movie Serendipity with Kate Beckinsale? Well let me tell you … if you haven't you definitely should!!!
'I adore Kate Beckinsale especially because she's from London!!! I realized how incredibly cruel people were talking about her IG saying she needs more age appropriate content … she's in her fifties and I thought it was pretty bad*** how she responded with a mini bow in her hair looking literally 4 years old!!!'
She's referring to Kate's tendency to post dancing videos not dissimilar from Britney's, which some people have criticized.
Britney also defended Kate Beckinsale in her post (Picture: Instagram) The singer called the Osbourne's the 'most boring family known to mankind' (Picture: Instagram) Spears concluded by telling Ozzy to 'f*** off !!!' (Picture: Instagram)
Britney continued in the lengthy message to say she's 'serving back these wise a** a**holes just as Kate did!!!'
She said that she 'taught a dance class last week to a couple of teenagers' and that she feels it's important for people 'to HELP EACH OTHER.'
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Read More Stories"Not as bad as some of my comments saying it's sad that I'm as old as I am and I'm dancing every single day on my IG !!! Number 1) I hardly ever dance … and number 2) I'm not poor at all !!! I have more ligature in my left toe than any grown man or woman on earth!!!,' she penned.
'If you don't believe me… how long do you think I should keep this going for ??? In my transparent opinion, wealth and health it isn't relied solely on cash in your bank account which I have lots of that too… it relies on my quest in my own f****** Interest in how I demonstrate and serve back these wise ass a******* just as Kate did !!! I taught dance class last week to a couple of teenagers … a lot of the kids were too thin and some were too big.
'I know what it's like to be judged so it's a ridiculous and stupid subject initially but I think it's important to HELP EACH OTHER and invite each other to places that help our souls grow !!! It's good to see others doing painting class… dance class … what have you seen lately???'
She concluded the message by writing: 'Ironically in the world we live in with how incredibly cruel people can be you have to be extremely careful who you allow in your circle and your heart !!! I'm gonna do a photoshoot with Kate and tell the Osbourne family who is the most boring family known to mankind to kindly f*** off !!!'
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